Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Vegetarian Red velvet cake step by step pictures | My daughter's recipes  To make the batter, take 1/2 cup of buttermilk in a large bowl.  To the buttermilk add 3/4 cup of white sugar.  After adding the sugar, add 2/3 cup of oil. I prefer using vegetable oil or any oil that doesn't have a strong flavor. So I would not recommend using anything like olive oil or peanut oil.  Add a teaspoon of vanilla. Better the quality of vanilla, better the taste.  Using a whisk, mix them together until the sugar dissolves and it becomes homogeneous.  Place a sieve over the bowl and add 1 cup of all-purpose flour, also called maida.  Add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. Again, better the quality of cocoa powder, better the result. I have used Hershey's cocoa powder.  Finally, add 3/4 teaspoon baking soda to help the batter rise in the oven.  Sift all ingredients together. I recommend sifting the ingredi...

How to prepare ! Add hundred-gram sugar to a pan, heat on medium flame till it turns golden brown. Remove from the stove and whisk in 85g unsalted butter at room temperature. Put it back on the stove Whisk for one more minute.  Transfer the caramel formed to a nine-inch pan for which I use a cake tin.  Then set it aside. Peel, slice and core 6 apples and arrange beautifully on the caramel as shown in the picture above How to make puff pastry For puff pastry take 1 1/2 cup refined wheat flour, add a teaspoon of salt, make a dough with COLD water and set it aside  Cover with a damp cloth for 15 minutes.  Sprinkle flour on the counter kneads the dough for about 1 minute . (a) Roll with a rolling pin into a rectangular shape. (b)Brush off any excess flour and apply room temperature butter on 2/3rd of the dough (c). Leave a gap of 1/2 inch on both sides. (d) Book fold the dough, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour. Repeat this proce...

Khatta meetha bora | Ezhantha palam snack The jujube tree fruit is available in plenty during after January. It can be eaten raw also as we do in most homes.  It is offered as Naivedyam for the festivals that are celebrated in January, February viz Sankranthi and Rathasapthami;   Let us see how to prepare a simple snack using this fruit. Wash the fruits and tear the skin to check for any worms that may be inside. We also need chopped ginger, green chillies, coriander leaves and jaggery. Add the ingredients except jaggery to a mixer add a little water and wet grind. Add jaggery to a shallow pan , add little water , heat it so that the jaggery melts When jaggery melts, add the ground paste and  stir well After a couple of minutes, add the fruits to the pan Add salt according to your taste and requirement Stir well so that the salt is mixed evenly.  Transfer to a bowl .  It can be stored in the refrigerator upto on...

Authentic and traditional thattai | Deepavali snacks recipes Traditionally rice is soaked in water for half an hour or so , the water is drained, then rice is spread on a clean cloth and dried in shade.   When dry the rice is heated for some time on a stove and ground at the local shop colloquially called "machine". I have taken two measures of this rice flour in an azhakku ( a measure that is approximately 200 gram ) Add required quantity of salt Add hing as required and then red chilly powder Some add soaked gram dhal ,  I add roasted gram We can add roasted ground nuts ( half pieces ) or powdered ground nuts also Add unsalted butter or hot oil and mix well. Mixing ensures that salt and other ingredients spread evenly throughout the flour. Add water as required to make a dough like chapati or poori Make small spheres of the dough when dough is ready Take a clean cloth and using fingers spread the dough gently so that we get flat ci...